American society increasingly mistakes intelligence for human worth
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Re: American society increasingly mistakes intelligence for human worth
#2And gets it very, very wrong. "Intelligence" moves around with nutrition, stress, sleep, pollution. The brain is organic. We miss out on human potential in all the neighborhoods around the world that aren't safe and supported. The good news is we are headed in the right direction as a planet, but surprisingly this article doesn't mention it [1].
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#3people consider vatican not to be equivalent to ISIS and even much worse
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#4A meritoracy can reward qualities other than intelligence - integrity, talent, dedication, diligence, courage (both physical and moral), kindness, generosity, willingness to help others...
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#6In a world that is increasingly data, the ability to process and react to that data becomes worth.
Marking worth is just more data processing, a declaration of subjective value in the scheme of your choice. Nothing special.
The nature of your interactions with those of lesser worth, and your views of them, however...well, there is a defining thing for a human being.
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#7"The qualifications for a good job, whether on an assembly line or behind a desk, mostly revolved around integrity, work ethic, and a knack for getting along"*
* also being male, White, straight, Christian
...As though the 50's were the bastion of fair hiring practices.
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#8>> hiring decisions were “based on a candidate having a critical skill or two and on soft factors such as eagerness, appearance, family background, and physical characteristics.”
Because this would be a much better world?
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#9Alternatively, American society values a human's worth by economic output and the economy has shifted to value humans who can successfully navigate the new more intelligence-based economy.
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#10After all human history where jocks ruled the earth, they're now upset that nerds are becoming important?